Statistics (12th Edition)

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Chapter 2 - Methods for Describing Sets of Data - Exercises 2.44 - 2.47 - Learning the Mechanics - Page 50: 2.45c

Answer

$20$

Work Step by Step

$S=\displaystyle \sum(x-5)^{2}$ = sum of all the squares of differences. \begin{align*} S&=(3-5)^{2}+(8-5)^{2}+(4-5)^{2}+(5-5)^{2}\\&\,\,+(3-5)^{2}+(4-5)^{2}+(6-5)^{2}\\ &=4+9+1+0+4+1+1\\ &=20\end{align*}
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